A Heavenly Oil
Po-Ho Oil - This powerful, pleasant smelling mixture of essential oils helps clear the airways – just put ten drops into water and breathe in deeply.
I love this product and have used it extensively with patients over the years, it is superb and works really well in cases on congestion and respiratory congestion.
Dr. Vogel used it in 1929 as skin protection while he wore shorts for skiing mid winter and wanted to avoid sunburn and dry skin.
Dr. Alfred Vogel, The pioneer of natural health, praised Po-Ho oil many times well into his old age. Its strengths are the highly effective essential oils with their wide ranging benefits. Essential oils have enjoyed great popularity for a long time – whether for their stimulating variety of scents for every room, as a massage oil, for inhalation or for use in aromatherapy. The number of essential oils with their diverse perfumes, which can be used for many different purposes, has risen considerably. There is a scent for every emotional state, every room and for every time of day – which is good.
Traditional Po-Ho oil is a true classic amongst essential oils
The essential oils, produced from fresh plants as are practically all A.Vogel products, are mixed with water and distilled. A floating layer separates off in the distillate: the insoluble aromatic substances, the pure essential oil. Po-Ho oil contains the essential oils of peppermint [Po-Ho is (Mandarin) Chinese for peppermint] , eucalyptus, juniper berries, caraway and fennel.
Po-Ho Oil is a mixture of purely natural essential oils. 100g of product typically contains:
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Peppermint Essential Oil 50g
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Eucalyptus Essential Oil 30g
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Juniper Essential Oil 14g
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Caraway Essential Oil 4g
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Fennel Essential Oil 2g
The use of Po-Ho oil is straightforward: for inhalation a maximum 10 drops of Po-Ho oil in hot water is sufficient; put a towel over your head and breathe in deeply.To be rubbed on as an oil or inhaled.
One can also rub 3-5 drops under the nose, on to a handkerchief or massage into the temples slowly for very quick relief. One can also put Po-Ho oil into an oil or incense burner and soon a wonderfully refreshing peppermint and eucalyptus scent will spread round the entire room.As a disinfectant, add a few drops to 2 – 4 oz. of water and gargle.
Important:
Po-Ho Oil cannot be used as nose drops or as a nasal spray. Avoid contact with the eyes and sensitive skin and wash hands thoroughly should they come into contact with the oil.
CHILDREN: This product is not recommended for very young children.
This powerful, pleasant smelling mixture of essential oils helps clear the tubes – just put ten drops into water and breathe in deeply.
In 1929 it was used as skin protection by all those who wore shorts for skiing (not entirely unheard of nowadays).
Dr. Vogel: “During my winter stay in the high mountains, I used to go into the nearby windless Alps almost every sunny day for several weeks with my skis, strip to my shorts, hang my clothes on a snow-free ledge or, if they were too high up, on the posts of an Alpine hut, and ski non-stop from about 10 in the morning till 3 in the afternoon.”
These words can be found in the first edition of Alfred Vogel’s magazine, Das Neue Leben (Fresh Start) which first appeared in March 1929 (it later became A.Vogel’s Gesundheits-Nachrichten ). In a detailed article, the 27 year old ‘sporty’ Alfred Vogel tells of the advantages of wearing shorts in the high mountains. When getting undressed, he recommends that there must be no wind. Furthermore, an important piece of advice is always rub yourself immediately – “with a skin oil (or a virgin olive oil mixed with a few drops of eucalyptus, Po-Ho or pine needle oil). Whenever I went on a trip without having rubbed myself with oil, what generally happened was that the skin on my face and neck began to peel, more so when sweating a great deal. Strong sweat and the warm sunshine reflected from each glistening small snowflake can actually burn the skin.”
Skiing partially naked, as described by the young Alfred Vogel, has become a very trendy modern day sport. It is highly recommended that an appropriate sun protection be used as climatic conditions in the world have changed considerably since 1929 (that hole in the ozone layer!)
